The Outback Vs the Wild WestBoolarong Press, 2012 - 240 頁 In this volume, Drake focuses on the famous pastoral explorers, drovers and trail drivers; the poddydodgers, horse-thieves and rustlers; the wars of the land grabbers with Australian Aborigines and the American Indians; the clashes of lawless western entrepreneurs with the laws of the bit cities in the east; the colourful females who ventured our into a man¿s world and made thier names, the transport by puffing billies and famous stage coach lines and buckjumpers, roughriders and rodeos. |
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Early arrivals in Australia The lost colony of the Tanami Desert Whalers The grim | 9 |
The gunghter legend Australian gunghts Gunned down by Robert Burke | 33 |
Australian lawmen the bungling baronet Filibuster Frederick Walker of the native mounted police Rogue policeman the murderous Lieutenant Whe... | 54 |
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Aboriginal Alex Hayden American Angus Frame arrested Australia became began Bill Bison breed Brisbane brothers Buffalo Hunters Burke Burketown bush bushranger Butch camp Carnarvon cattle Central Queensland Charles Charles Goodnight claim Cody Constable Coolon cowboy Creek D'Arcy Uhr Dahlke Darwin Doyle droving early eventually frontier Glenrowan Glenville Pike Goodnight gunfight head herds hides homestead horse Indian Jack Drake James Tyson Jim Kenniff Jimmy John Kelly Kenniff killed known land later longhorn managed mare Mari Sandoz murder named Native Native Mounted Police Northern Territory numbers operation outlaw packhorse Paddy party police policeman properties ranch range ride rider rifle River rode rope Roper saddle Sam Johnson settlers shooting shot Sid Kidman South Wales square kilometres Stanthorpe Stapleton station stockman story Sundance Texas took tracker tracks trade troopers Tuckier Vestey's Walker western Wild West William William Landsborough wounded young